Thirteen

As I crouched silently beside Tracy while she held my hand tightly and stared deeply at me soul, I thought of Rico and his sudden appearance.

I watched him fall after he was shot by Rosa. Marco would not go to the extent of creating a standing in for him. And if by chance the Rico who stood before me then was a stand in, there was no way he would be able to relate with me not to talk of know me. The Rico I knew four years ago and the Rico now were so much alike. The gentle act, stunning look and soft touch. Marco did not look for a stand in. This means he survived and it was only possible if he had initially escaped the bullet, maybe the bullet went straight into his arm like Tracy.

Thinking about this made me wonder if Rosa survived too and all this was just tricks to get us back into their fishing net.

  "Why didn't you tell me about the diamonds?" Tracy asked out of the blues, calling my attention back to her on the red mat.